Just thought I'd make a quick blog post regarding a game that is shaping up to be a return to the 3D collect-a-thon adventures from the N64 days. The game is called A Hat in Time and stars the adorable Hat Kid and her adventures in thwarting the Evil Mustache Girl. For a game that isn't even in Alpha build yet, it looks quite polished. The cel shaded graphics are beautiful and bring to mind Wind Waker, while the beach, island theme of one of the worlds is reminiscent of Super Mario Sunshine. The developers goal is to make a game that takes inspiration from many of the N64 classics such as: Banjo-Kazooie (Tooie), DK64, Zelda, Mario, etc. And you can see from the gameplay aspects of all the above mentioned titles.

There is only a day left in the Kickstarter and they have already achieved +800% of there goal, which is insane! They have achieved every one of their stretch goals and even have Grant Kirkhope (composer of many memorable games: Banjo, DK64, Perfect Dark, Goldeneye) on board to provide some tunes. Currently, every $15,000 they raise above the $200,000 mark, Grant Kirkhope will provide an extra tune. If you love his music as much as I do, this is exciting news! I'd recommend checking the game out if you've got a moment to see what they are planning, which is ambitious and a return to a genre that has been absent for too long. Here's a link to their Kickstarter page if you're interested.

Majora's Mask has increasingly become one of my favorite Zelda games due to its departure from the more standard Zelda formula. Not only does this game depart from tradition, but it also creates its own history, legends, myths, etc. separate from the Hyrule Universe. This has me thinking that returning to the land of Termina could be quite the boon for the Zelda series as a whole due to its fresh feel when, perhaps, compared to the traditional Hyrule timeline, if you will. Anyways, check out my thoughts below and see what you think. As always I would love to hear what you guys have to say as well, I'm interested to see what sort of desire there is to revisit the Majora's Mask storyline and how you would like to see it fleshed out.

I find it interesting that the first person shooter genre has blown up as much as it has over the past decade or so. It has gotten to the point where it can be difficult to discern which games are which! So I decided to discuss that in this weeks vlog. Let me know what you guys think, I'd love to hear what other people think.

Halo 4 has reached our doorsteps at last, allowing us to give you a proper review. What, did you think PSTS would just review a game based off of hearsay? Hogwash! In other news, we have much more information on the new Grand Theft Auto than we did prior to last week, several Wii U unboxings to discuss, and, at the end of its life cycle, an extra-long Wii retrospective, just for you. So buckle down and snuggle up for this wet and autumny podcast.

Holy guacamole, look at that, it’s another video podcast! But this time with something experimental, something great, something… playish. It’s the world’s first Let’s Podcast! That’s not necessarily true. It’s probably been done. But this time, if you like, you can listen to us prattle on while the other plays one of the greatest GameCube games ever rereleased for Wii. In the meantime we’ll talk about the topic on everyone’s lips, the legendary “girlfriend mode,” as well as a beta both of us are in, some disappointing announcements, and why long-form reviews are, ultimately, more useful than dumb ratings!

Or, if you don’t want to bother with the video version, check out this post on our website in audio form, or check us out on our iTunes podcast page!